Alex Ovechkin doesn't know which KHL team he'll sign with during the NHL lockout—but he's certain of one thing.

"I am ready to play the whole season in Russia," the Washington Capitals captain told SovSport, meaning that he's prepared to see the labor stoppage eat the entire 2012-13 season and that he expects to spend it in the KHL.

"If the league continues to insist on their (demands), then it will take a full year," Ovechkin said according to a more extensive translation by Yahoo! Sports. "That's because we are not going to cave in. Then I will spend the entire season in the KHL. It's an absolute reality."

According to SovSport, the 27-year-old former NHL MVP will choose between CSKA Moscow and Dynamo Moscow. He played for the latter before leaving for North America in 2005.

Gleb Chistyakov, Ovechkin's Russian agent, said insurance on his contract (10 years, $88 million remaining) would run about $100,000.

Evgeni Malkin, Pavel Datsyuk and Ilya Kovalchuk are among the other Russian-born All-Stars who have already agreed to terms with KHL teams.

In other KHL transfers: Calgary Flames winger Jiri Hudler has signed with Czech-based franchise HC Lev Praha, according to SovSport. Hudler signed a four-year, $16 million contract with the Flames after a career-high 25-goal season with the Detroit Red Wings. Maple Leafs winger Nikolai Kulemin will join Malkin with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.